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A Crowing Nevspaper
The Oregon Statesman Ur
steadily . growing... news
paper. Its readers know th
reasons: It's rellaMe, com
plete, lively and always la
te resting.
s. -Fair today and WednesJ
day; lower temperature by
Wednesday; ' tog on i the
roast. Mar. temp. Monday
97, mln. 55. River -3 fU
Xorthwest wind ' i , :
ninetieth year
Salem. Oregon, Tuesday Morning, Jane 25, 1943
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Pant Hauers Column
. For , the last few days we have
suspected something was wrong;
There was an. oppressive feeling
in the air and
we caught our- J
out iruiu Lime lw
timft in a cold
sweat -well.
lukewarm, any-11
way. ) We'had a
feeling things
were getting hot. .
It wasn't until , . '
yesterday that L"
we realized how J
hot they were. I
We . had previ-1
ouslv had some
2overt hinU from of H. Htow. lr.
our southern department, but it
wasn't until yesterday when one
of our piegons cam limping in
of our pigeons came limping . in
realized'how far things had gone.
The pigeon, a home body, dropped
his message off for us ana popped
into the old home roost to see
how the wife and kiddies were
getting along. We languidly
read the message and then leaped
to our feet and felt pretty foolish
when we realized we were stand
tng on top of our desk.
We have always been proud
of Salem, proud of its 99 per
cent American population and
proud of its location. We hare
been particularly proud of its
location,' which, as you may
know, is halfway between the
equator and the North pole.
WelU the time has come for
Salem to arise.' It s location is in
danger and we have it from one
of our most trusted South Ameri
can agents. lMiS aafe, grsat am-
' age has already been done as the
last few days,? particularly yea-
teerday,' will testify. H
' In a,few '"nnndred-rords; the
situation ia-this. We Hare re
liable ' information that fifth
columnists and ' German agents
In South America have already
moved .the equator fat to the
north. It; was done by stealth
and in the dead of night and if
only a prelade to a far raster
move, -our agent reports.
It Is . time for action, even if
the Monroe doctrine doesn't say
anything about anybody tamper
ing with the equator. We have
definite Inside . Information that
the eventual goal of the equator
shift is to plase in on a line
running through the. northern
suburbs of San Diego, Calif. The
motives behind this are obvious.
The nazis jhope, by making Ameri
ca a tropical wilderness, to sap
its strengthyou know what the
tropics doer"to white men If you
ever go to the movies) and make
it easy for a conquest as well as
to rob Salem of its rightful title
as being I halfway between the
equator -and the North Pole, an
honor which r has -'long been
ought by IFlensburg on .the Baltic
And that Isn't all We have
definite information that if the
dastardly auud scheme fails the
Japanese! are going y -to recall .
. their -current and make .. the ;
Kerthweiit an arctic .wilderness
"and, or.jwondriand,-:l;t "
Edith Gwynn Dies
In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Jane J 4.-P-Mrs.
Edith Gwynn. 25. Salem,
a bride of ten months, died yes
terday after touring the Golden
Gate exposition with: her husband,
Delmar. ' ' ;
Death "was traced to a seven
year old head Injury, 'suffered
-when she was struck by a base
ball. The body will be returned
to Salem. 1 ' ,
Mrs. Gwynn, thti former Edith
Redfern, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George H. 4 Kedfern of Sa
lem, and Delmar Gwynn i were
married last July 2. She was
struck in the head by a baseball
while attending a game in Port
land seveir yeari ago. -1
Wellf Anv'ay It
Was a Nice Ride
For All of Them
WASHINGTON, Gav June 24
-(PHA WHkes comity farmer
invited another farmer ! to ac
company him to Jlngnsta where"
he' was taking a cow to be sold
at auction. ; -.- ? ".- -i:--.'
W'hUe at the auction, farmer
No. a bought a cow: and ar.;
ranged with his companion to
haul the cow back to I Wash
ington. ... -I :
When they unloaded the cow,
it was discovered It 'was - the
eame beef they started out
with. . - , . i r. '
Not only had they driven
ISO miles, bat also had paid
a : sales : commission on the
deal ..
French
Hei Sei(3 Ear
ft ind . re
Britain Waits
Nazi Attacks,
Migrant Polish Army Is.
now in England to
Keeptip Fight
French Organizing Goes
on in London. Under
DeGaullefs Lead
LONDON, June 24-tfp)-Sup-ported
by a wandering Polish
army and die-hard French lead
ers in exile who claimed to speak
for the French fleet and empire,
Britain prepared grimly tonight
for Adolph Hitler's next on
slaught. Arrival of the Polish forces
from France was disclosed by
General Wladyslaw Sikorski, the
Polish prime minister.
In a broadcast he declared "the
great body of our armies, safely
back from France, is landing on
the shores of Great Britain" and
will "continue to fight, shoulder
to . shoulder, with the powerful
British empire for a free and in
dependent Poland.''
The size of the; surviving Pol
ish forces, driven ! across half of
the ' continent since last Septem
ber 1, was not given.
Britain barred the export of all
goods to French territory in
JBuropej ,u.
Harold NlcOlson. parliamentary
secretary ' to - the ministry of in
formation; asserted in a broadcast
that "the day will come, and not
so very far distant; when" the air
will ' be under our command."
British resources, he said, would
permit this.
tteneral Charles De Gaulle.
head of the French national com
mittee in exile, voiced the assur
ance that "all parts of the French
empire will go on fightinc
De Gaulle Believes
Reynand Will Come
uenerat ue uauue, wno was
ousted from the French army for
repudiating the Bordeaux govern
ment's capitulation to Hitler and
organizing a French national
committee here, said in an inter
view there was "no doubt" ex
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Hitler Delegates
Annistice Cornish
BERLIN, June i5.-ffV-Adolf
Hitler appointed Infantry General
Helnrlch von Stuelpnagel today as
chairman of the armistice commis
sion 'with headquarters at Wies
baden. : i ; -
An Official announcement said
the armistice commission was' es
tablished oiiviae .basis ot the.Qe.r-man-Freneh'
armistice agreement
The French' government has
been asked to- appoint its' reprev
sentatrves. . ? ..- ' :--'
The.tatt of the commUslon. was
defined ss "to govern , and super
vise the execution of the i armis
tice treaties."
There, wss no immediate infor
mation whether Italy would be
represented on' this commission or
whether a' separate organization
was planned for her,' y; -
Grimly Ready
Centennial Boosters Hop q
Today on Good
Salem- Centennial boosters,
headed by . Governor Charles 'A.
Spraue, 6ecretary,of State Earll
Snell and Mayor W. W. Chadwlck,
will take of f from the Salem air.
port at ; 7t 33; this morning on a
round-the-etate tour in tne m-
teresU ot tke lig celebration here
July 3X; August 1 to 4. They will
be guests of the United Air Lines
and, WUl xsake. the trip in a twin-
motored Boeing transport piane
carrying two pilots and a stew
ardess. - ?xC:y
Stops wilt be made at Eugene,
Medford, .Klamath Falls, Bend,
Pendleton and Portland. Others
in the party will be E. H. Bingen
heimer, president of .the Salem
ctamber of commerce; Dr." Bruce
Baxter, president of Willamette
university: Irl S. McSherry, gen
eral manager of the Centennial;
Jerry ! Owen," publicity chairman
for the Centennial; Stephen Merg
ler of The . Oregon - Statesman,
C. K. Logan of the Capital Jour
nal and Al Nelson, United Air
Lines representative.
On arrival In Eugene the party
will be met ; by the mayor and
members ' of the Trail-to-Raa
commission. At Medford city, of
ficials and newspaper men will
greet the travelers. Members, of
the Buckeroo - Days Fourth of
umanian Troops Clash
With R ussians: Planes
'Spying Over fiessarabia
Budapest Reports Tell
on Dniester River; Bessarabia Long
Sought by Soviet Russia
S - BUDAPEST. Hunirsrv.
i&ry and diplomatic quarters wfere informed late tonight
from Bucharest that Rumanian I and Russian troops have
clashed at several points! along tjhe Dniester river frontier,
i 1 More than 100 planes of the red air force were reported
to have made reconnaissance
manlan province behind the Dnie-
iter.
' Bessarabia for many years was
Russian territory, but after the
World war When Russia became
communistic, the territory voted
through representatives to Join
Rumania.
Soviet Russia never has recog
nized the validity of the transfer
of sovereignty.
Reports have been arriving
here for some time of urge con
centrations of red army troops
tanks and airplanes along the
Russian-Rumanian frontier.
5 These advices followed others
earlier in the 'day from Zagreb,
Yugoslavia, that Italian troops
had" arrived at Scutari, near the
Yugoslav-Albanian frontier the
past three days and that Scutari
had been declared a military zone.
Foreign observers here specn
lated whether there was any con
section between the : Russian and
Italian moves. At any rate, this
activity sharply awakened new
concern over possible . moves by
the two powers to realize terri
torial ambitions in the Balkans,
BUCHAREST, Jane HWrV
Rumanlan officials refused to con
firm or .deny reports .reaching
Budapest late tonight that nu
merous clashes with Soviet Rus
sian troops had taken piace along
the Dniester.
Mercury Reaches
97, Misses Mark
Forest Fires Break out
as Humidity Tumbles;
. Valsetz Has Fire
A hot 97 degrees was Salem's
temperature yesterday after
noon. Old Sol beat down from
an almost cloudless sky, co
operating with -a slight north
west wind ; to . push the : mer
cury within ; one degree - of
1940's highest mark, 09 de.
grees on June 11. The mini
mum was 55. - : :
. Continued . fair, weather Is
predicted, with lower temper.
. tare by Wednesday. TJbe const'
'rare' will . be- fo . J n4 - the
- mountains ttered 'Oituderr
storms.'
PORTLAND; Ore., June l-UFl
-Hot weather and ts! nnweleome
companion; forest' -f Ires; came t to-;
Oregon on this- early 'summer's
day. Most of the ' blazes were
quickly controlled but continued
low humidity increased the dang
er hourly..- I ' - - "
Twenty-five fighters battled a
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Will Air Tour
July celebration will i greet the
party at Klamath Falls. .
on" ; "l Trl
they will be entertained - at the
Pine Tavern. by the Lions, 20-30
and Klwanls c I u b s as well as
members of. the, Bend rodeo and
water pageant 'committees. Mem
bers of the party may speak at
12:45 over radio. station. . KBND.
- The Pendleton roundup uueen
and members ,of the roundup as
sociation will meet the j visitors at
the airport of that city and if time
penr'ts will take ; them on a
stagecoacfi trip, through the town.
At the Portland airport, which
will be reached at 4:40 p. m.. the
visitors will be met by Mayor
Joseph K. Carson, JrMRoss : Mo
Intyre, president of the chamber
of commerce; and David B. Simp
sott, vice-p resident of the cham
ber; and escorted to a local hotel.
A ; dinner- there wlU be ; riven the
party attended- by "members of
the ; Portland chamber ot : - com
merce l board ot directors, . the
trade and commerce committee
and members ot Portland service
clubs. i . ' . .... . -I ;
The United Air Lines rlahe will
be . pile ted by Captain -rWlllis Ur.
Thorn berry and First Officer Dan
Jacqueii. The stewanleas will be
Miss Donna Lewis. i. . . - :
ff
rill Over-England;
TAT O 77 17 -
m nazis L,eieorate
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i
i
of Clashes i Along Border
Jun 24 ( AP)Foreicm mill
faghts over Bessarabia, the Ku
US Fleet Steams
Away From Hawaii
Destination Is not ToL
but Believed to Be
Panama Canal
HONOLULU, June U-(JP)-Fowerful
units of the United
States fleet, operating In Hawai
ian waters since the conclusion
of the 1940 war , games two
months ago, Bteamed out to the
high seas today for an unan
nounced destination.
unconfirmed teports . said the
ships were bound for the Panama
canal. Observers on shore saw
the vessels disappear around Dia
mond head on the "steamer lane
to the mainland. i
Tljht-llpped naval circles,
however, would neither Confirm
nor deny. the : reports. The tone
of' the' naval announcement was
taken In maritime circles as lend
ing! credence to the reports the
warships were bound for the
mainland.
On the basis of the best reports
available, it appeared that the
aircraft carrier Yorktown, with
assigned cruisers and' destroyers
and possibly a "good portion" ot
the! fleet, was bound for other
waters. The battleships Colorado,
West Virginia and Arizona 're
mained at Pearl harbor.
It was reported that the Hawai
ian detachment of about thirty
warships would remain here. The
cruiser Indianapolis, flagship of
Vlce-Admiral Adolphus Andrews,
commander of this detachment.
was in the harbor.
Naval flyers in bidding their
wives and children goodbye inti
mated they were heading for Xhe
Pttriame s ti a 1 : . 1 '
Japanese Vessels
Sent to Haiphong
TOKYO, June 26-(Tueeday)
P)j-Japahese warships were; a
patched to Haiphong, French in-db-China
port, , today, to "observe
the .movements"- of .vessels ' sus
pected .of carry lvfe. munitions, and
supplies .to .Chid. the -admiralty
announcea. . . v. : .
i The vessels .were sent from , the
ChioaC ieeU the admiralty, "said;
although the sue ox the force was
not; stated. ; -: i ; :
I This action was taken by Japan
as informed sources said the Tok
yo government may -attempt to
declared a ."protectorate" over
French and Netherlands territor
ies 4a the orient. - ; - -Such
a move, it was said, 'prob
ably would follow discussions with
Germany and Italy, as to the fu
ture of such holdings by defeated
European powers. - J r "
. , Responsible Japanese sources
expressed concern at the chance
the f 4r eastern colonics of France
and The Netherlands might pass
into! .the hands ot victors in the
European war. It was- felt that
such a situation would be disad
vantageous to Japan, i. . . - .
- Authoritative quarters said the
French colonial army ' in' Indo
china is composed largely of na
tives and 'probably would retreat
to the Interior IX actually at
tacked. - ' -? '
Bioff Starts New
orFreedoin
CHICAGO, June 14.-m-wU-
Uami Bioff; wtst coast movie 4a-
bor 1 chief Who is ; serving a six
months sentence in the house ot
correction on an 18 year old pan
dering charge made 3. new move
today for freedom, iv, r; r - ?
An application for a writ or
habeas corpus was 'filed' in crim
inal I court, alleging that the com
plaint against f Bioff did not set
forti any charge which could leg
ally i constitute an offense under
the statutes. . '
Chief Justice John Prystalski
said: he would rule ost the appli-
catiqa Friday.
Trvf
- y -
Italy s Terms
Are Taken by
Petain Group
FrencHmen Outside Land
Rally to Banner of
Gen. DeCaulle
Hitler Proclairris Victory
Celebration ; French
in Mourning '
(By The Associated Press)
An air raid alarm shrilled in
London today and German bombs
blasted at southeast and south
west England as the nazis cele
brated the conquest of France
with sudden new blows at their
remaining , foe Great Britain.
The German planes ranged as
far as Wales, on the western edge
of the Island
JSvea as the cannon were si
lenced in France . In accordance
with the armistice dictated to that
fallen nation by Germany and her
Italian partner, the German
bombers set out for England in
the prelude to an onslaught which
nazis said would be more terrible
than anything the world ever has
Seen.
11 was peace lur me vauquisucu
rrancw- oi oia t-remier-jnarsna
Henry Philippe Petain whenthe
firing ceased at 1:35 a.m., Ger-
mJ? tl.ntt p.m. Monday,
PST six hours after the signing
reached Saturday- with Germany. ;
But for Frenchmen sratherlng
under the militant banner of Gen
eral' Charles De Gaulle m London
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Some Poilus Race
t
For Coastal Area
Scattered Troops Hoping
to Find Transport
to Other Fields
CHANCY, SWISS-FRENCH
FRONTIER. June IS-fTnesdarl-
GPV-Down a BO-mile-wlde corridor
through-. Savoy, scattered French j be that of an, aid to private enter
troops were reported racing for J prise, and not of a substitute for
the Mediterranean todav in the! it. f More and better lobs.- better
hope of finding transportation : to
north Africa to continue t h e 1 r
fight against the axis armies. 1
; x ne cease xinng oraer i nun-i
ntes after midnight gave them
their first chance to drop back
from fighting lines and try . the
dash to the sea.- ,
Uatil the last few hours of the
battle of southeast France they
were hard beset by - Italian at
tacks through Alpine .passes and
Dr uerman mechanised,, columns i , Tfi Xalem Whlskerino club yes
from their jtorth: flank and, rear, terday .spplied'; for apermit i to
: t To moitnof the. hard-preMed 1 .-I., -!.-r',., - w M
iionntaini garrisonsji . aV the
Swiss-French ifrontier-tha cease
SflftShSlSh,. tSSSfZH
and -their attackers.-stepped, fight-1
lag hoars before the actual orden I
.There was no immediate word 1
rom the fiercely-defended . fort. I
L'Ecluse, east of Belgarde, where I
a large foree .of French ' foreign I
legionnalres-beld.out grimly, day j
after day. ; - j ' r 3
.PeasanU had said the defenders I
toia tnem tney. wouia seep ngm i
on Daiurog armistice or no ar
mistice. - .: I: ,:r ' '
Guns of the fort which held off
a heavy German attack yesterday
remained silent during the nlghL
Dewey Gains Vote
AtMcNary'sCost:
PHILADELPHIA. June 2 iMIPi
-Presldentlal Candidate . Thomas
Dewey, already' holding the lion's
share . of delegate support . from
the Pacific northwest states,
gained : another Washington ; vote
today at the expense of Oreton's
Senator Charles McNary." .
St&te Senator IL H. Sleler ot
Chehalis announced his Intention
of swinging Ills first ballot vote
to the New Yorkorrexplalningr
. ,"1 sincerely Intended to back 1
McNary on the first ballot, ; but
ji,. rttrryr. .i.(tn. ai-7 i
22nS enSSi .
FiT! tt rZ?
there is Bo use wasting my vote.
They didn't' appear interested:"
.Several Oregon delegates to aelv,.a.,-.v WfcXBfttl. 4v.t s:
1 ?.n 1 4nention Indicated
their Intention Of , supporting I
Dewey5 If McNary releases them. I
Ther wanted It understood, how-
ever,' tneyj: would - stand ; j j&ie-i
Nary as, long as he - desired. If j
released later, at least one. Ore-
gon vote will go to Senator Rob
ert Taft and two- to "Wendell 'Will-
kie, some .. delegation members I
figured, - - i
Asserts Government Role Should .-t
as xxiu j.o
i .
GOVERNOR HAROLD E. STASSEN
Republican Keynoter
Stassen Highlights
PHILADELPHIA, June 24.-UP)
i TTsmT eioitAiioei frnm tr a VovtiAtn
Bpeecil made tonight by Governor
Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota
fn thA PAnnhlian nntlnnal rnn.
i ventlon
n is a fact todayi well known
by toe headg of eTery g0Ternment
m. the world, and belatedly com-
to the knowiedge of the people
of thlm naUon, that we are traglc-
f We are too woefully weak to
give the allies that material as
sistance this nation wants to
give them. j
We cannot permit an armed
force, aggressive in nature, with
philosophy foreign .to ours to
establish itself upon this hem!
22
The saddest chapter of the
last four year has been that
the national administration in
stead of keeping; its eyes,
statesmanlike, apon the wel
. fare of the people of this na
tion, has turned Its political
gaxe apon m third term.
The role of government must
I housing and Improved living con
I dltions, can best be secured
I through recognition of this prin
cinie. '
VTliiskerinos Ask
Parading Permit
tZZJL .T T?
-l.,.."lir T
'f :th.cl,l to, ttr.itlorto
- i The uae or march wtu a ta r t
from Marlon -, and Commercial
streets and run south on commer-
clal - to Court, east on ; Cojart to
Chhrch, south on. Church to State,'
Wear -on i SUte i to 3- Commercial.
south on Commercial s to f Ferry,
eggt on Ferry to Liberty,1 south on
Liberty to Trade, where the pa-
rade wiu disband.
Guard's A tit i-Aircraft Units
iReadyto Defend Clatsop Air
FORT STEVENS. Ore.. Jane 24
-JPylt' going to be risky, busi
ness for foreign airplanes which
mirht trr to fly P over thU army
oost at the mouth ot.the Colum-
bia river, because the Oregon Na-
tionai Guard's 249th coast artll-
lery showed how : ef f ectlvo nine
new' three-inch - anti-aircraft guns
can-be. - - -'A -- ? f - -
These new guns were first
fired last -week oy we newiy-or-
anlxed antl-alreraf t battalion of
the 24th. These boys had never
fCB n, anti-aircraft pn -
Yet their -tire was extremely ac-
CMif.4C -
: "-'wvtr:". ll
battalions, one of.whlca mans the
ch and 10-inch seacoast guns
at the mouth of the river. The
v..,ii .ntt(n.fr
U,..,, - . -nB. well as t h e
jt ls a. Wsnly complicated Job
. hree-lneh rnn. and
t takes a nerson trained In hleher
mathematics to understand -it.
, About f 5 men are needed to
fire two runs. , They , fired at a
25-f oot balloon-silk target towed
30OO feet behind a Washington
National Guard observation plane.
The target was towed it no
miles an hour, was two to three
jriivsLie cnzerpnse
Those great revenues which our
government must raise, to be f 1 -
nanclally sound, should be raised J
In that manner which shall to the!
least degree restrict and-hamper
the flow ot idle money into the
creation of new products and new
jobs for Idle men. .
The inefficiency of our govern-
ment is a travesty in a land that
has developed such-magnificent
efficiency In private endeavor.
'-.5'
" Let wa. announce here and
avow that we have faith In the
fntnre of this natkm and Its
way of life,-" 7
ly ISSSs' Cparmty '
to rise above narrow parosanshlp. Ktn-d..ttt. WIH
Ours is the high duty to place kie boom j had been translated
the" future of this nation above into d-w,i i.lflf.
ail other conslderaUons including
our own desire to win.
We need In public office serv
ants of the people selected for
their merit instead of corporals
of a political army enlisted at
a patronage .pie, counter.
It Is the responsibility of ; gov-1
ernment in its foreign policy to
endeavor In every honorable wayjw upon what he had to say or
to create and nurture n world en- I America's place In a world a vr
vironment in which Its people can
proceed along lire's paw in peace,
expanding their material well
being and developing their way
of life. : : - : ,
War Goods Sale
Opposed by VFW
J MarIo.pV. Veteran vof
rorelgh-iWftM,,totdj-CPrtMt
here JsaLjht.saInst;proposals
to send large euantltles of United
States army, navy and. air corps
equipment to. England,- Vt-" -v1
I The , post jretolnUoJivt4Bete4
congress "to make :f all iaveatlga
tlon ot -these reported -acts -and
the. person .or persons. If found
guilty of the treasonable acts
charged,-be punished to the foil
extent of the law." . . x , .
f yrirtue of tir saorifice .
ef tha hMt vein of our lives to
the seryiee ot our -country,", the
resoluUon said,"we feel that we
(Turn, to page f, col. 4)
nuies ui u s, u .wu.vvw into motion. '
toJ5::.r '.hell. B a time the convenlisg
three Inches In diameter and two th .,,,."., " ,
feet lonS; and t h e guardsmen Lest fd,to?"m;
fired about 41 a mhmtofor each KSJIS? fpfe;,th
gun "" '' paper elephants holding tiny flarr
'A crew of three men -operates f,10" a neIp trunks, and doehle-
the altitude' tinder, a tube about iff?- horse-shoe balconies, waa
12 feet long and a foot in dla- filling rapidly,
meter. They train their sights oti Cries of "We want Willkle
the plane, no little job la Itself, broke out occasionally from, the
and the complicated electrical galleries, and drew a smattering
machinery does the rest. ' of applause from the floor and
, These measurements, automat- other gallery sections.
Ically and Instantaneously, chan- Stassen was Introduced "by
ged as the plane changes altitude. Chairman John Hamilton as the
are sent to the director; a square "youngest can who ever key-electrically-operated
box that co- noted a' republican convention. A
ordinate altitude, distance, wea- TOJiT Cf applause greeted him as
the? conditions, and other infer- he pUced his mantfscript oa the
miLonj;eofi?e; and began his
? t ll Ji l1?r adress, hia face serious and voice
to the. guns, oa the side of which
are dials. Operators match these -4' .... M
dials with data sent from the dl- l dtll f 1 , . f
rector, these operations automat- areeted his statement that:
ically 'aiming thoguns end adjust- t ' " 8Te re-pontlfci ty
ing -the fuses so that the shells Jo keep . burning . fcrUbtl tha
burst a few yards short of the of Ultrtr," and ahsctt l;a-target..'-
r mediately .-'afterward, the tc-nl
. When the shell bursts. It sends outburst cavusf v. 2; en be stal ls
250 pieces of shrapnel spreading " "If we meet tliat rcs-pocb:: ::l:y
out like a mushroom and cover- well, the people of tt'a rre;t x. 1-'
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QfoccVi foil
to
Step Forward
Declares Government Is
Aid to Enterprise, j
not Substitute
' ';. - -."..:.: 1
Prges GOP to Advance
on Four Fronts
Determined! v
By RICHARD L.1 TURNER
; CONVENTION HALL. PHILA
DELPHIA, June 24-WV-Young
Gov. Harold E. Stassen at Minn
esota sounded the 1940 republi
can keynote , to a clamorously ap
plauding national convention to
night with an assertion that "the
role of government must be that
of an aid to private enterprise,
and not a substitute for It." ,
t Denouncing what he termed
new deal 4'fallures': as the cause
of . American1 problems, both do--
mestle and foreign, he called upon,
the party to ''advance with a de
cisive and determined step upon
four major fronts:
i "The' front of. national prepar-
uuucoa, - . t
"The front of fifth column de-,
fense. "-.'
"The front of domestic econom
ic welfare. r
"The front of governmental ef
fectiveness."1 Applause greeted each of these
exhortations. - . :
. "The saddeetchaptej- of the last
"" oiea Buouiea, was -
that the Rbbsevelt arimlnlatraHsin .
"has turned its nolltical cu nn V
1 a third term" Instead of nnon tha
national welfare.
; He snoke to an anriianoo. tohioi.
had; trooped into Convention hall
heavily pondering and excitedly
debating the i developments of J a
day which brought: . i
Sew Gains Reported
In Willkle Drive
I iprea; reports or- new
1 a.In?; 'or th drive of Wendell
An assertion by - a Spokesman
for Senator Robert A. Taft that,
instead, the Willkle boom had ac
tually 'strnck a eaag" and had
been slowing down since midday
and that a thorough check h a d
snown more than 400 Dewey votes
votes for the. first ballot.
The emergence of a "stop Win
kle" movement, launched and
pushed by a group of members of
the national house of represents-
trves.
But when It came to th at UAr.
tiohs of Governor Stassen
was little disagreement, unless It
j subject of dispute among the
i J" 111 armners.
.. aavance upon these
(other) fronts,") Stassen said.
many overshadowing foreign
problems of foreign policies will
require decision. Let us frankly
state to the people that , we can
neither fully . anticipate these
problems nor can we tie our hands
before meeting them. ...
"As they are reached, they must
be faeed and the people of the
Upon GOP
so'tlltiifo
public 'oplnlon may find ?exprsW
sioajn the policies of the governs -
ment. V. ' : - , a. i. -
First Responsibility z " i
Fatnre "Welfare ir;, .t.: -J-"
'It "is. clear that" tie' first, re
sponsibllity must be- the fatuj. :
welfare of the. people, of. this na-
ti on and' their- way of life, but
it Is clear that that future wel '
fare cannot best be served by
"Imply burying dnr. heads la the
""-i. 2 '-'- "
The Taft spokesman who
P"ed disbelief of the WUtki
5,n,VwU e01 manager.
David Ingalls, who said a carexuL
check Of the Taft supportera re
vealed the loss of , only a singla
delegate to -the supporters of the
New. York utilities man. ;
The keynote speech was the
first oratorical splurge of the
convention; the morning having
been given , over to the Job ef
ar art In or th unwinl atilAM